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Friday, October 24, 2003BUM BUM! I got the Law & Order 2 video game tonight, so I figure posting will be light for the weekend. So far the game is pretty cool, with all sorts of cocky Lennie Briscoe witticisms. Also, from the cut scenes it looks like 3D rendered Elisabeth Röhm is pretty spicy, too. Damn, spending my Friday night updating my website with talk of Star Wars casemods, Simpsons references, and musings on the sexiness of girls in videogames. I really am a geek. P.S.-- Thanks to 3d rendered Elisabeth Röhm, I have learned how to do the umlaut + o in html. posted by Nate on 11:15 PM link The New York Times did an article today on case modding ITX motherboards. For those of you who are not l33t, this is about taking miniature versions of computer parts and stuffing them into small unusual cases. Like an antique radio, or a toaster, or a model of The Millennium Falcon. Although I've been tempted to get into casemods, I simply don't have the time or money. All the time I have goes into work, which gets me money. All the money I have goes toward food, which gives me the energy necessary to go to work. It's a vicious cycle, really. And although an Internet-ready mohagany humidor sounds tempting, the hundreds of dollars I'd spend on materials could buy me a shitload of ramen noodles. Mmmm... ramen. posted by Nate on 9:47 PM link Wednesday, October 22, 2003
The Beetles suck. Now, before you start firing off nasty e-mails about how I don't respect great music, I'm not dissing on Ringo, George, John, and the Walrus. I am "playa hating" on those Chinese beetles that look like ladybugs except that they're orange. And they bite. Hard. They're everywhere; there are huge swarms of these things throughout the Great Lakes area, flying, crawling, biting-- pretty much all those crazy swarm-like things that insect swarms do. They attacked my sister's boyfriend and his dad on the golfcourse to the point where they could not tee off. Since I tend to squeal comically whenever I am bitten by a bug, I'd like to imagine that the golf outing turned into a 50's killer bugs Sci-Fi movie mixed with a Jerry Lewis flick; The Nutty Professor Medford. Pensive reflection followed by unadulterated whackiness. "My God. The nuclear radiation has unleashed a terror we cannot begin to comprehend.... Oh my, the creeping and crawling and-- OWW STOP WITH THE BI-TING!" Ahem. The other day I was working at my computer when I heard a strange noise bombinating in the corner. I looked to my right and discovered at least thirty beetles in my room gathering around the lamp for warmth. Lest you think I'm exaggerating their number, I had to vaccuum the adjacent carpet to be rid of the crunchy RAID-soaked carcasses. (While I was typing that, another one bit me.) These things scare me, not because I'm a wussy who's afraid of bugs (well, that too) but because it's a warning sign, a harbinger, a demon. These bugs unintentionally travelled to the U.S. on cargo crates from China or Taiwan or wherever. Once here, they've prospered. Forget international terrorists setting us up the dirty bomb; what if they smuggle in a colony of Black Death carrying fleas or whatnot? Tossing 'em in with a case of legitimate widgets is much easier to get past Homeland Security screeners than a person carrying a vial of Bad Stuff or Bag O' Uranium. And it doesn't have to be a disease-bearing bug, either, just something that will blight our wheat crop or kill the feed corn we use for beef. Although it wouldn't be catastrophic, rising food prices in this economy could severely tilt the 2004 election to the Democrats. And if I were a terrorist or a state that sponsors terrorists, I would much rather deal with President Howard Dean than George W. Bush. posted by Nate on 11:49 PM link Monday, October 20, 2003The ESPN boycott severely limits the things one can do late Sunday night. Instead of watching the Raiders vs. the Great Googly Moogly Chefs, I've been playing Madden 2004 and consuming massive quantities of brandy. The benefit of drinking more than one should is, as I've mentioned before, that my music listening selections get more eclectic. First I spun up and sang along with the seriously underrated Four Non Blondes (don't let that Hey, What's Goin' On song fool you, this is a tremendous blues / rock album; definitely the best two dollars I've spent at the used CD store). Right now I'm listening to Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians' Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars. Between Edie and Princess Leia, Paul Simon is one lucky hombre. To quote those cultural connoisseurs Beavis and Butthead: Beavis: Whoa, this chick is hot. Butthead: Huh huh. Yeah, she married that old African guy who was in the Beatles. UPDATE: This shows you how out of the loop I am: there was no Sunday Night Football due to some sort of baseball contest. Raiders / Chefs is Monday. Swankypimp.com regrets the error. posted by Nate on 1:29 AM link
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